List of University of California, Davis faculty

This page lists notable faculty (past and present) of the University of California, Davis.

• Francisco X. Alarcón, lecturer in Spanish
• Berni Alder, professor emeritus of applied science, National Medal of Science recipient
• Diane Marie Amann, professor of law (now at Georgia Tech)
• Vikram Amar, associate dean for academic affairs (School of Law), constitutional law scholar
• David Amaral, professor of psychiatry
• Robert Arneson, professor of ceramics, artist of the Eggheads sculptures scattered through the UC Davis campus
• Kandiah Arulanandan, professor of civil engineering (late)
• Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, professor of bioengineering
• Larry Austin, professor of music (later at South Florida and North Texas)
• Daniel I. Axelrod, professor of botany (late)
• Anna Maria Busse Berger, chair of music department
• Charles Berger, professor of communication
• Nicole W. Biggart, professor of management and sociology
• Marc Blanchard, professor of critical theory and comparative literature
• Fred L. Block, professor of sociology
• Andy Bloom, Olympic shot putter
• Edgar Bodenheimer, professor of law (late)
• Richard M. Bohart, professor of entomology (late)
• Gerard Bond, professor of geology
• David Brody, professor emeritus of history
• Alan Brownstein, professor of law; Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality
• Steve Carlip, professor of physics
• Colin Carter, professor of agricultural economics
• Carol Cartwright, former vice chancellor for academic affairs
• Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, professor of Chicana/o studies and cultural studies
• Gregory Clark, professor of economics
• Joshua Clover, associate professor of English
• Ruby Cohn, professor of comparative drama (late)
• Lucy Corin, professor of English
• William Vere Cruess, professor of food science (late)
• Steven C. Currall, dean of graduate school of management
• George Delahunty, professor of biology
• Joel Dobris, professor of law
• Theodosius Dobzhansky, professor emeritus of evolutionary biology, 1971–1975
• Richard C. Dorf, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering
• Jesse Drew, technocultural studies
• Gerald Dworkin, professor of philosophy
• Jonathan Eisen, professor of evolution and ecology
• Andrew A. Frank, professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
• Stanley Barron Freeborn, UC Davis chancellor and entomologist, namesake of Freeborn Hall and the mosquito species Anopheles freeborni
• Lynn Freed, professor of English
• John Freeman, visiting professor of international relations, 1985–1990
• Dmitry Fuchs, professor of mathematics
• Sandra Gilbert, professor emerita of English, former president of the Modern Language Association
• M. R. C. Greenwood, professor emerita of nutrition, president of the University of Hawaii
• James R. Griesemer, professor of philosophy
• William W. Hagen, professor of history
• Darrell Hamamoto, professor of Asian American studies
• Gordie C. Hanna, professor of agronomy (late)
• Andrew Hargadon, professor of technology management
• Alan Hastings, professor of ecology
• Gregory M. Herek, professor of psychology
• Lynn Hershman Leeson, professor of technocultural studies
• Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor of environmental and occupational health
• Ralph Hexter, professor of classics and provost
• Robert W. Hillman, professor of law
• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, professor emerita of anthropology
• Veronika Hubeny, professor of physics
• Theodore L. Hullar, former chancellor
• Lucille Shapson Hurley, (1922-1988), former professor of nutrition
• Lincoln Hurst, professor of religious studies (late)
• Edward Imwinkelried, professor of law (co-author, Scientific Evidence)
• Kevin Johnson, dean, School of Law
• Suad Joseph, professor of anthropology and women and gender studies
• Amy Block Joy, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Emeritus
• Theodore Cyrus Karp, professor of music (moved to Northwestern before retirement)
• Linda P.B. Katehi, professor of electrical and computer engineering; UC Davis chancellor (2009-2016)
• Louise H. Kellogg, professor of earth and planetary sciences
• Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology
• Paul Knoepfler, professor of cell biology & human anatomy
• Edwin G. Krebs, founding chairman and professor of the Department of Biological Chemistry 1968–1977, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Leah Krubitzer, professor of psychology
• Greg Kuperberg, professor of mathematics
• Robert Laben, professor of animal sciences (late)
• Brian Launder, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (now at the University of Manchester)
• Smadar Lavie, professor of anthropology
• Julie A. Leary, professor of chemistry
• John Lofland, professor emeritus of sociology
• Amina Mama, professor and director of women and gender studies
• Zeev Maoz, distinguished professor of political science, director of the Correlates of War Project, and international relations expert
• Peter Robert Marler, professor emeritus of neurobiology
• Norman Matloff, professor of computer science
• Jonna Mazet, professor of epidemiology, director of the UC Davis One Health Institute
• Henry McHenry, professor of anthropology; UC Davis Prize; elected fellow, California Academy of Sciences
• Sandra McPherson, professor emerita of English
• Miguel Méndez, professor of law
• Barbara D. Metcalf, professor emerita of history
• Paul Moller, professor emeritus of mechanical and aeronautical engineering
• Isabel P. Montañez, professor of earth and planetary sciences
• Eldridge M. Moores, professor emeritus of geology (now earth and planetary sciences)
• Stanton R. Morrison, professor emeritus of agricultural engineering; Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Emil M. Mrak, professor of food science; UC Davis chancellor (1959–69)
• Manuel Neri, professor emeritus of art (1965–1990)
• Ann C. Noble, professor of food science, inventor of the "Aroma Wheel"
• Harold Olmo, professor of viticulture
• Jacob K. Olupona, professor of African and African American studies (now at Harvard)
• Bob Ostertag, professor of technocultural studies
• Rhacel Parrenas, professor of sociology (now at Brown)
• Rex R. Perschbacher, professor of law
• Washek Pfeffer, emeritus professor of mathematics
• Philip Power, professor of chemistry, Royal Society
• Andrés Reséndez, historian
• Cruz Reynoso, professor of law; associate justice, California Supreme Court (1982–1987); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
• Phillip Rogaway, professor of computer science (RSA Award 2003)
• Simon Sadler, professor of art history
• Marc B. Schenker, professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
• Johanna Schmitt, botanist and professor of evolution and ecology
• Ivan R. Schwab, professor of ophthalmology
• Albert Schwarz, professor of mathematics
• Arthur Shapiro, professor of entomology, evolution and ecology
• Karl Shapiro, professor, English Department, Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 1945
• Gary Snyder, professor emeritus of English, Bolligen Prize, Pulitzer Prize
• Robert Sommer, professor emeritus of psychology
• G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus of genetics, National Medal of Science
• Tracy I. Storer, professor emeritus, founder of Department of Zoology
• Richard Swift (composer), professor emeritus, founder of Department of Music
• Alan M. Taylor, professor of economics and finance
• George Tchobanoglous, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering
• Donald L. Turcotte, professor emeritus of earth and planetary sciences
• Wayne Thiebaud, professor emeritus of art, National Medal of Arts
• William Thurston, professor of mathematics (moved to Cornell), Fields Medalist
• Robert Torrance, professor of comparative literature
• Craig Tracy, professor of mathematics, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Pólya Prize, Norbert Wiener Prize
• Richard Aaker Trythall, professor of music, Guggenheim Fellow (1967)
• Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, assistant professor of Native American studies and director of the C.N. Gorman Museum
• Jessica Utts, professor of statistics (moved to Irvine)
• Larry N. Vanderhoef, professor, College of Biological Sciences; UC Davis chancellor (2004–2009)
• Geerat J. Vermeij, professor of geology, MacArthur Fellowship
• Keith David Watenpaugh, professor of human rights studies
• Joe Wenderoth, associate professor of English
• Martha West, professor emerita of law
• Roger J.-B. Wets, professor emeritus of mathematics
• William T. Wiley, former art professor
• Charles W. Woodworth, professor emeritus of entomology (1891-1930), founder of UCB Entomology Division, credited with founding the Dept. of Entomology at the Agricultural Experiment Station
• Aram Yengoyan, professor of anthropology

See also

• List of University of California, Davis alumni

References

External links

• UC Davis Faculty on the Davis Wiki